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Nephrologist
– a doctor who specializes in kidney
problems.
Recipient
– a person who receives a kidney from a
donor.
Rejection
– your body will not allow the new kidney to
work. There is a range of rejection – some people can
have minor initial problems. Others can have more
severe issues that cause the transplant to fail. The term
“rejection” alone does not mean a transplant will not
work.
Transplant coordinator
– Clinical transplant
coordinators are the patient’s link to the transplant
hospital. Many have backgrounds in nursing, social
work or other health-related fields. They take care of
many things: educating patients and families about
various treatment options and answering any questions
they may have, evaluating living donors and recipients
and coordinating medical visits after transplantation
and donation.
Transplant team
– a group of doctors, nurses and social
workers who will help you through the entire
transplant process.
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